Improvement in cigar-boxes



J. H. PREATER.

CIGAR-BOX.

No. 191,466, Patented May 29,1877.

N- PE ERS, PHOTOLITMOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. PREATER, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ANNA E. GILLIES, ANDMARTIN SIMON S, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191.466, dated May 29,1877; application filed February 5, 1 877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. PREATER, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Cigar-Boxes, of which the following is a specification:

Cigar-boxes have been made entirely of tin or sheet metal, with a pieceof wood attached, to which the manufacturers brand is applied. In mostinstances where metal boxes are used there is not any provision for theescape of moisture, and the cigars are liable to injury if placed in thebox when moist.

My invention is made for allowing the cigars to dry for providing abranding surface; for removing the objectionable appearance that thereis to the common sheet-tin cigar-boxes, and for furnishing boxes thatcan be used for other purposes after the cigars have been consumed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 2is a cross-section with the cover open.

I make use of a box having sides a a and ends b b of tin or other sheetmetal, and a cover or lid, 0, of sheet metal, hinged at d, and providedwith a rim, as usual.

My improvement relates to a lining, e, of pasteboard or thick paper,applied within the cover and secured by folded strips of tin, inclosingthe edges and soldered to the inside of the cover.

I also introduce a similar lining of pasteboard, f, within the sides andends of the box, held by the edges of the sheet metal being turned over;and I employ a bottom, h, of Wood, which is received within foldedstrips t, of tin, that rest upon the-inward flanges 0 at the bottom ofthe sheet-metal sides and ends, and these strips 43 are held in place bysolder applied at intervals.

This wooden bottom becomes the surface for branding the manufacturersname and district number, and it allows moisture to pass off through thepores of the wood, and also through the interstices between the tinstrips and the box, as these are not soldered together throughout.

The ventilation of the box is further promoted by openings 1 I, havingperforated metal or wire-gauze coverings, and the box is to be paintedor varnished on the outside, and the ornamental paper usually applied asa lining can be placed within the box and pasted to the pasteboardlining.

This box is neat and durable, and can be used as a lunch-box, cash-box,or for candies, or for a variety of articles, after the cigars areremoved.

I am aware that boxes have been made with wooden ends and veneered papersides; that double paper walls have been used; that wooden bottoms andmetal boxes have been employed for cigar-boxes, and that ventilatorshave been made in the boxes.

I claim as my invention- 1. The metallic cigar-box having inward flanges0 at the bottom of the sides and ends,

- in combination with the wooden bottom resting upon such inward flangeso and the folded strips t' at the edges of the bottom, and soldered tothe metal of the box, substantially as set forth.

2. A cigar-box constructed of sheet metal and having folded strips ofsheet metal soldered to the inside of the box, and the lining ofpasteboard or similar material secured by said folded strips,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 1st day of February, A.D.

J. H. PREATER. Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH.

